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Arthur Penn
Director 1922 - 2010

Arthur Penn

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Arthur Hiller Penn (September 27, 1922 – September 28, 2010) was an American filmmaker, theatre director, and producer. He was a three-time Academy Award nominee for Best Director, and a Tony Award winner. Among other accolades, he was also nominated for a BAFTA Award, a... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

14 titles
Lumière et compagnie

Lumière et compagnie

Liv Ullmann, David Lynch 1995 1h 28m 6.0

40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.

Dead of Winter

Dead of Winter

Arthur Penn 1987 1h 40m 6.0

A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.

Target

Target

Arthur Penn 1985 1h 57m 6.0

A Texan with a secret past searches Europe with his son after the KGB kidnaps his wife.

Four Friends

Four Friends

Arthur Penn 1981 1h 55m 9.5

A young immigrant comes to America in the 60s and is caught up in the counterculture movement which tests his bonds of friendship and love.

The Missouri Breaks

The Missouri Breaks

Arthur Penn 1976 2h 6m 6.6

Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous "regulator", to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time.

Night Moves

Night Moves

Arthur Penn 1975 1h 40m 7.5

Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case - a former Hollywood actress wants Moseby to find and return her daughter.

Visions of Eight

Visions of Eight

Miloš Forman, Claude Lelouch 1973 1h 50m

Eight acclaimed filmmakers bring their unique and differing perspectives to the 1972 Summer Olympic Games held in Munich.

Little Big Man

Little Big Man

Arthur Penn 1970 2h 19m 8.2

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.

Alice's Restaurant

Alice's Restaurant

Arthur Penn 1969 1h 51m 5.5

Alice's Restaurant is a 1969 movie adapted from a song by Arlo Guthrie. The song is Arlo Guthrie's most famous work, a talking blues based on a true story that began on Thanksgiving Day 1965. The movie reproduces the events of the song, in addition to other scenes.

Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde

Arthur Penn 1967 1h 51m 8.1

Bonnie and Clyde is based on the true stories of the gangster pair Bonnie Parker and Clyde Parker who in the 1930’s began robbing banks in all the main US cities until they were eventually killed. The film takes on the aesthetical movement of New Hollywood.

The Chase

The Chase

Arthur Penn 1966 2h 15m 7.5

A simple hitman job. Things don't go as expected.

Mickey One

Mickey One

Arthur Penn 1965 1h 33m 6.5

A former comic is on the run from the mob.

The Miracle Worker

The Miracle Worker

Arthur Penn 1962 1h 46m 8.7

The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives.

The Left Handed Gun

The Left Handed Gun

Arthur Penn 1958 1h 42m 7.8

Billy the Kid sets out for vengeance on the men who killed his mentor.

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